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English Dictionary: dastard	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for dastard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dastard adj despicably cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt Synonym(s): dastard(a), dastardly n a despicable coward
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dastard \Das"tard\, n. [Prob. from Icel. d[91]str exhausted. breathless, p. p. of d[91]sa to groan, lose one's breath; cf. dasask to become exhausted, and E. daze.] One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon. You are all recreants and dashtards, and delight to live in slavery to the nobility. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dastard \Das"tard\, a. Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly. [bd]Their dastard souls.[b8] --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dastard \Das"tard\, v. t. To dastardize. [R.] --Dryden.